Claim to fame: Many people have used the term “pack rat,” but most don’t know what a pack rat is or where it lives. “Pack rat” is the most common name used for this long-tailed rodent which is found ...

Claim to fame: Many people have used the term "pack rat," but most don't know what a pack rat is or where it lives. "Pack rat" is the most common name used for this long-tailed rodent, which is found ...

RIVER VALLEY and OZARK AREA — Most people have heard tales about western pack rats. One such story involves two prospectors who start feuding because some valuable item - a ring, perhaps, or a gold ...

Pack rats, the reason to worry if you live in the mountains. These little creatures are about the size of a grey squirrel, and are very cute to look at. Unfortunately they do not like to pose for ...

A real pack rat doesn’t store junk in its bedroom. Or its bathroom. Its midden home may look like a heap of sticks, but inside, what a floor plan. What storage. The more eclectic hoarder species ...

Last year at this very time, I warned readers about pack rats because this rodent had undergone a recent population explosion. One year later, as we head into March, Pack Rats remain a constant, ...

ST. GEORGE — Thousands of years ago, a desert-hardy plant, now quintessentially southern Utahn, moved from what is now northern New Mexico across the Mojave Desert. And a native species of rodent ...